How did Publix supermarket get its name? It’s a Florida story made for the movies

The popcorn, soda and candy aisles at Publix go right back to the supermarket’s roots.

That’s because the Florida supermarket’s roots stretch back to a movie theater company called Publix Theatres Corporation.

Grocer George Jenkins liked the name of the once-popular chain so much, he took it.

And so Publix the grocery store was born. Jenkins recounted the story about the supermarket name’s origins in a speech he included in his 1979 memoir, “The Publix Story.”

Read the full story at miamiherald.com.